Accessing collections
The library provides you with access to several historical archives of newspapers with a particular focus on Black history.
Click below to access the archives.
- African American Newspapers, Series 1 and 2 This link opens in a new window
Search and browse American newspapers published across three centuries
- ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Atlanta Daily World ***Access until 31/05/24*** This link opens in a new window
This historical newspaper provides genealogists, researchers and scholars with online, easily-searchable first-hand accounts and unparalleled coverage of the politics, society and events of the time.
- ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Baltimore Afro-American ***Access until 31/05/24*** This link opens in a new window
This historical newspaper provides genealogists, researchers and scholars with online, easily-searchable first-hand accounts and unparalleled coverage of the politics, society and events of the time. Coverage: 1893 - 1988.
- ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Chicago Defender ***Access until 31/05/24*** This link opens in a new window
This historical newspaper provides genealogists, researchers and scholars with online, easily-searchable first-hand accounts and unparalleled coverage of the politics, society and events of the time. Coverage: 1909 - 2010.
- ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Cleveland Call & Post Subscription ***Access until 31/05/24*** This link opens in a new window
This historical newspaper provides genealogists, researchers and scholars with online, easily-searchable first-hand accounts and unparalleled coverage of the politics, society and events of the time. Coverage: 1934 - 1991.
- ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Los Angeles Sentinel ***Access until 31/05/24*** This link opens in a new window
This historical newspaper provides genealogists, researchers and scholars with online, easily-searchable first-hand accounts and unparalleled coverage of the politics, society and events of the time. Coverage: 1934 - 2005.
- ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Michigan Chronicle ***Access until 31/05/24*** This link opens in a new window
ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Michigan Chronicle offers primary source material essential to the study of American history and African American culture, including major movements from the Great Migration and Civil Rights to the election of America’s first Black president. Explore nearly nine decades of everyday life as written from the perspective of this Detroit-based paper providing unprecedented access to perspectives and information excluded or marginalized in mainstream sources. Coverage: 1939 - 2010
- ProQuest Historical Newspapers: New York Amsterdam News ***Access until 31/05/24*** This link opens in a new window
This historical newspaper provides genealogists, researchers and scholars with online, easily-searchable first-hand accounts and unparalleled coverage of the politics, society and events of the time. Coverage: 1922 - 1993
- ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Philadelphia Tribune ***Access until 31/05/24*** This link opens in a new window
This historical newspaper provides genealogists, researchers and scholars with online, easily-searchable first-hand accounts and unparalleled coverage of the politics, society and events of the time. Coverage: 1912 - 2001
- ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Pittsburgh Courier ***Access until 31/05/24*** This link opens in a new window
This historical newspaper provides genealogists, researchers and scholars with online, easily-searchable first-hand accounts and unparalleled coverage of the politics, society and events of the time. Coverage: 1911 - 2010
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